HBO Poll: Worst Newspaper In U.S.?

Item: When Harry gave us hell: In two separate visits here, President Truman called The S-R one of the two worst papers in the country /Jim Kershner, Spokesman-Review

More Info: “I told Truman it was the second-worst paper in the U.S., politically, after the Chicago Tribune,” (U.S. Sen. Warren Magnuson) told S-R reporter Jim Camden in a 1988 interview. What Maggie meant was that the S-R’s editorial stance was rock-ribbed Republican. The paper was founded as a Republican paper and had been particularly tough on Magnuson. It had once implied that Magnuson had shirked his patriotic duty by resigning from the Navy to run for Congress. The editorial page had also been consistently critical of Truman’s policies and was a reliable backer of Republican congressional candidates. At the time, the heavily Republican Congress was a particular thorn in Truman’s Democratic side.

HBO Poll Question (with new poll in lefthand rail): Which is the worst newspaper in the U.S. today?

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